The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-11
BUT THE GROWING SCENE OF ALL

the place.
BUT THE GROWING SCENE OF ALL
was the visit of Nina Van Zandt, the
proxy wife of Spies. She was conducted
to the library by a deputy. AS she
walked through the main Office she be-
trayed no emotion. The moment she
saw August, however, it completely
changed her demeanor. There was
look, then a gasp, and in
trice the lovers were In
each others arms. A bevy of reporters
and court officials crowded up to the
door of the library, but the deputies
closed it speedily. The interview be-
| tween the prisoner and his faithful de-
voice last nearly half an hour. What
actually transpired will never be known
to the world, but it was sufficient to
bring a glimmer of tears to the old
deputy. In half an hour the lovers
had parted, and the excitement of the
entrance of Nina had passed. At 6
O'Clock, there was
AN INFLUX OF DEPUTY sHERIFFs
to the jail. Men who had for years been
serving civil writs and not bothering
their heads about hangings, came in.
They all wore heavy overcoats, and in
the right hand pockets of these were
bulky objects, which, to the eyes of the
experienced, were plainly revolvers.
Orders were given, forbidding the
entrance of anyone not connected with
the press or the sheriff's Office. Then
some of the deputies went 10 supper
and matters quieted down.
A rumor was ste ted to the effect Thu
Schwab and Fielden would be re
moved to Joliet. at $50 o'clock, but
Tailor Folz declared he had no orders
to that effect.
Jailor Folz and his son, who acts as
chief turnkey, were much depressed
this evening over the event of the day.
DIR. Folz was asked the way in which
Lingg had kept the dynamite cap from
the eyes of his keepers. He said the
only way he could account for it was
that Lingg had secreted it in bis hair,
which was remarkably bushy, or else
on his body, in a delicate part. No
other explanation was possible, as he
was stripped to the skin yesterday,
while his clothes were being thoroughly
examined.
MANNER OF THE SUICIDE.
Regarding the manner of the suicide,
Folz said: THE cap is between one
and one-half inches long; it is made of
copper, and the outer end is plugged
with piece of lead. The copper for at
least half an inch is filed with dyna-.
mite, then a small portion is flied with
Illuminating powder. Into this pow
der runs fuse. In my opinion, Lingg,
while lying in bed, reached out his
hand, took from his table the lighted
candle, then placed the cap in his
mouth, with the fuse outward, to this
he placed the candle, and the mortal
wound followed"
Shortly after o'clock, Sheriff Matson
came to the jail. His mission was two
fold. He wanted to give personal no
tlce to Spies, Engel, Fischer and Par
sons that they would have to suffer the
EXTREME PENALTY OF THE LAW.
He also wanted to see that his deputies
were SO placed that all unauthorized
people should be kept from the vicinity.
When the sheriff went into the cell
room, he was accomp anied by Deputies
Price, Turner and Gilpen. The quar-
tette staid in the cell room about twenty
minutes. The sheriff would only say
that none of the condemned men
showed any signs of breaking down. 1t
was at 7.25 o'clock that Rev. DIR.
Bolton, of the First Methodist Church,
called on Parsons. His visit lasted
about minutes and his efforts to get
Parsons to consider spiritual matters
were of no avail. At $40 O'Clock, Spies,
Fischer and Engel were taken from
the rooms in which they had
babe farewell to their relatives and
consigned to their cells. These were
soon closely guarded. An armed
deputy stood in front of each barred
was a lantern, while table was placed
outside, and on this was lamp, thus
giving the guards an opportunity to
watch the movements of each pris-
oner.
Mrs. Lucy Parsons created
A SCENE ID THE CRIMINAL COURT BUILD
ING,
about 10 o'clock. She walked down
Michigan Street to the main entrance
and was admitted to the hallway by the
armed guards. She had with her a
lady friend. Approaching the door
which leads to the Jail yard, she de-
permission to proceed. This |
was denied her by the deputy sheriff,
who was acting under direction of |
Sheriff Matson.
"But must go in to see my hus-
band" exclaimed Mrs. Parsons.
"You cannot" was the firm reply.
Then the dusky wife OF the Anarchist |
threw up her hands and fell to the tiled |
floor in a dead faint. It took over
twenty minutes to bring her to con-
,ciousness, but when this was done ne !
vas escorted from the building. Par
IONS was informed of the episode.
THE ERECTION OF THE sCAFFoLD
began at 1915 o'clock. The first init :
nation that the newspaper men had of
t was the falling of a heavy board.
Then came the blows of the hammer,
lad each one was distinctly heard in
he dead quiet which prevailed. The
,allows was put up in the northeast
corridor of the Jail, where for many
Tears all the Cook County hangings
lave taken place. The scaffold is the
same used in the hanging of the three
Italian murderers, but has been
enlightened for the purpose of swinging
off the four Anarchists at once. It is
painted dead brown color.
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